I'm really, really happy for Ashley - so love seeing her confidence and being able to do two good short programs (nationals and here) back to back is fantastic!!! Yippy!!!
Wow Ashley! I had said it in GP also, she is a completely new skater, and the programs suit her very much!
I hope Trewn is partying tonight, and is convinced to go to worlds! what a comeback this season!
Murakami skates are more mature program, still not completely refined though. But the massive speed! The jumps! She's on. The first high level skater in this comp to not make a mistake on jumps.
Nice one from Ashley!! I'm just excited for her Black Swan program--my favorite of the two this season. Kanako did fantastic...her skating posture still distracts me quite a bit >_< but she's becoming a worldwide crowd favorite--partial standing ovation
Ashley was great! Exactly what she needed to do here. She's never been scored that high and to be so close to Mao is great. Hopefully she can keep this up in the long, I'm worried with the altitude but I guess everyone will have that challenge as well. She skated like the US Champ and she got the score to show for it. Great job!